The Evolution of Enterprise Architecture: Emerging Industry Best Practices

George S. Paras
Vice President, Enterprise Planning and Architecture Strategies
META Group, Inc.

The discipline of Enterprise Architecture has undergone a steady evolution from its early focus on technical architecture. Leading organizations now view EA holistically, addressing enterprise-level business strategy driven integration issues
across all elements of enterprise design, including business, information, technology and solutions. Having moved beyond the traditional focus of simply creating EA artifacts, these leading practitioners view EA as a fundamental management process.

This session describes the next level of EA evolution, the integration of the EA process into the fabric of IT and business management as a component of IT Portfolio Management.